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Is stem cell therapy about to transform medicine and reverse ageing?

A clinical trial to reverse age-related vision conditions using stem cell treatment could finally deliver on the promise of a major discovery in ageing and regeneration made 20 years ago, says columnist Graham Lawton

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What to read this week: Beyond Inheritance by Roxanne Khamsi

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Are humans degenerating genetically and getting dumber as a result?

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Sharing genetic risk scores can unwittingly reveal secrets

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Human populations evolved in similar ways after we began farming

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Rare family has had many more sons than daughters for generations

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When we interbred with Neanderthals, they were usually the fathers

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Microbe with the smallest genome yet pushes the boundaries of life

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Gene editing that spreads within the body could cure more diseases

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The surprising origins of Britain's Bronze Age immigrants revealed

About 4600 years ago, the population of Britain was replaced by a people who brought Bell Beaker pottery with them. Now, ancient DNA has uncovered the murky story of where these people came from

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How clinical research is still failing underrepresented communities

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Can we genetically improve humans using George Church’s famous list?

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The hidden power of epigenetics: Best ideas of the century

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We can rewrite our genetic code: Best ideas of the century

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